Scott Moir is a well-known figure skater who was born in Canada on September 2, 1987. Canadian ice dancer who won Olympic gold medals in 2010 and 2018 with partner Tessa Virtue. They also took silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He and Tessa were the first dance team to receive a perfect 10.0 in 2010. Scott Moir’s zodiac sign is Virgo, according to astrologers.
Scott Patrick Moir (born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian ice dancer who has retired. He is the Olympic champion in 2010 and 2018, the silver medalist in 2014, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), the 2016-17 Grand Prix Final champion, an eight-time Canadian national champion (2008-2010, 2012-2014, 2017-2018), and the 2006 World Junior champion. Moir and Virtue are also the 2018 Olympic team gold medalists and the 2014 Olympic team silver medalists. They are the most decorated Canadian ice dance team in history, as well as the most decorated Olympic figure skaters in history.
Danny and Charlie are his two older brothers. He also has cousins Sheri and Cara, who competed in the World Synchronized Skating Championships in 2007.
Scott Moir Net Worth [year]
Currently, Scott Moir is worth $3,000,000. His work as an ice dancer was where he made the majority of his money.
Early Life
Scott Moir was birthed on September 2, 1987, in London, Canada, to Alma (née MacCormack) and Joe Moir. He was raised in Ilderton, Ontario, throughout his childhood. He is also the younger brother of Danny and Charlie Moir. Since his childhood, he has had an interest in skating. He is a Canadian citizen. His ancestors are from Scotland. Moir went to Medway High School for his education (Arva, Ontario).
Virtue and Moir were paired in 1997, when they were seven and nine years old, respectively. They won the Canadian junior championships in 2004 and were named Canada’s best ice dance team in 2007. They won silver in 2008 and bronze in 2009, and they were the first ice dance team to receive a 10.0 for a program component score under the new ISU Judging System. They became the first North American ice dancers to win an Olympic gold medal in 2010, breaking Europe’s 34-year streak.
They are the youngest ice dance team to ever win an Olympic gold medal. They were the first ice dancers to win a gold medal in their Olympic debut, as well as the first ice dance team to win gold on home ice.
Education
Moir attended Medway High School in Arva, Ontario, as well as AMDEC, a high school for electronic learning.
Family
Scott is currently married to Jackie Mascarin. They got engaged in 2019 but couldn’t tie the knot in 2020 due to COVID. They finally wedded on 24th June 2022. Their union is blessed with a daughter.
Career
Scott Moir began skating at the age of three, and his mother encouraged him to do so in order to improve his hockey skills, which he did.
Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue started skating together when they were seven and nine years old, partnered by his aunt. After leaving their original skating club in Ilderton, Ontario, Virtue and Moir began their careers in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, where they trained under Paul MacIntosh and Suzanne Killing. They won the pre-novice division at the 2001 Canadian Championships.
Along with his ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir is an eight-time Canadian national champion (2008-2010, 2012-2014, 2017-2018), the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champions, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), a winner of the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final, and a 2006 World Junior and Junior Grand Prix champion.
At the 2018 and 2014 Olympics, respectively, Moir and Virtue won gold and silver medals in the team competition. After winning their third Olympic gold medal, they went on to become the most decorated Canadian ice dance team and Olympic figure skaters in history. With victories in every significant competition during both their senior and junior careers, they are the first ice dancers in history to complete a Super Slam. They are frequently cited as one of the greatest ice-dancing teams in history. Virtue and Moir were the owners of the world record score for the now-defunct original dance.
In 1997, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who were then seven and nine years old, were paired together. They were named the best ice dance team in Canada in 2007 after winning the junior championship in Canada in 2004. They won bronze in 2009 and silver in 2008, respectively, and they were the first ice dance team to receive a score of 10.0 (perfect) for a program component under the new ISU Judging System.
In 2010, this team ended Europe’s 34-year winning streak by becoming the first ice dancers from North America to win an Olympic gold medal. Virtue and Moir are the youngest ice dance team to ever win an Olympic on home ice and the first ice dancers to ever win a gold medal in their Olympic debut.
Virtue and Scott Moir continued to be among the best ice dance teams in the world after their first Olympic triumph in 2010. They won silver medals in the ice dance and team events at the 2014 Olympics and were world champions in 2010 and 2012. They also won silver in 2011 and 2013. They won the 2017 World Championships with an unprecedented undefeated season after making their competitive comeback in the fall of 2016 following a two-season break. At the 2018 Olympics, they became just the second ice dance team in history to take home two gold medals.
With nearly two decades of skating together, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are the longest-running ice dance team in Canadian history. According to an article in Time magazine from 2018, “They’ve become notably appreciated by new and returning spectators alike for their passionate performances and unmistakable chemistry, on and off the rink.” On September 17, 2019, Virtue and Moir made the decision to retire from ice dancing after 22 years of partnership. For their athletic prowess and for motivating a new generation of figure skaters, Virtue and Moir received the Order of Canada in 2020.
Retirement
On September 17, 2019, Canada’s double Olympic figure skating champions made their retirement from ice dancing official after a distinguished career. After a 22-year career, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, two-time Olympic gold medalists in ice dancing, announced their retirement.
After his competitive career came to an end, Scott Moir worked part-time as a consultant coach with teams like Lajoie/Lagha. He also choreographed for teams like Fournier Beaudry/Srensen and Hubbell/Donohue, as well as singles skater Nicolas Nadeau.
On February 2, 2021, Moir was appointed as the head coach and managing director of the upcoming Ice Academy of Montreal school in London, Ontario, which will also have his mother and cousins on the faculty.
A few days later, it was made public that Scott Moir would be training American athletes Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, leaving Moir’s former trainer Igor Shpilband. On June 16, 2021, the Ice Academy of Montreal revealed that the second pairing for Moirs would be Canadian ice dancers Haley Sales and Nikolas Wamsteeker.
Age
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